MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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